Afridigest Week in Review: Newcomer Nigerian neobank nabs double nickels

+Marketplace disruptive power & operating leverage +New YC companies +India Tech's moment +Asia-Africa corridor +DCFs for startups +Bridge to Japan +Nigeria's mobile wallet market +Fintech frenzy

The Afridigest Week in Review is a must-read weekly recap for Africa-focused founders, executives, and investors, as well as interested observers.

Welcome back! Since last week’s digest, I published an investor profile with AAIC’s Nobuhiko Ichiyama. Based on your feedback, we’ll be featuring more insights from practitioners going forward, both in interview format as well as the previous Thought Circle format — so some of you may receive a mail from me. Thanks in advance for your participation. 🙏 Thanks also in advance for sharing today’s digest — a lot of effort went into this one.

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Week 31 2021